Industrial Production Slips 0.4%, Capacity Use at 76.5% in Dec.

Industrial production declined 0.4% in December, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

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The production decrease followed a revised 0.9% drop in November, first reported as a 0.6% decline.

Capacity utilization slipped to 76.5% in December from a revised 76.9% the previous month, first reported as 77.0%.

Economists polled by Thomson Reuters projected a 0.2% decrease for industrial production and a 76.8% capacity utilization rate.


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